First Cases Of West Nile Virus Detected In NJ – Beware Mosquitoes!

By |2024-08-05T12:36:15-05:00August 5th, 2024|mosquitoes, Public Health|

While many suspect that the New Jersey state bird is either the Common House Mosquito (Culex pipiens) or a driver's middle finger, it's really the Eastern Goldfinch, but for how long who knows. All joking aside, mosquitoes are a disease vector that are rightly of concern for a residents. (BTW- despite its reputation for aggressive